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Kaffir Boy in America

Kaffir Boy in America

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Sweet Summer

Sweet Summer

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The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland

The Compton Cowboys: The New Generation of Cowboys in America's Urban Heartland

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Under a New Sky

Under a New Sky

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Follow the Roar: Tailing Tiger for All 604 Holes of His Most Spectacular Season

Follow the Roar: Tailing Tiger for All 604 Holes of His Most Spectacular Season

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Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope

Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope

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Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger Among the Pilgrims

Mayflower Bastard: A Stranger Among the Pilgrims

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Beyond the Narrow Gate

Beyond the Narrow Gate

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Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir

Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir

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Somebody's Daughter: A Memoir

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Proud Spirit: Lessons, Insights & Healing From 'the Voice Of The Spirit World'

Proud Spirit: Lessons, Insights & Healing From 'the Voice Of The Spirit World'

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Home Made: A Story of Grief, Groceries, Showing Up--and What We Make When We Make Dinner

Home Made: A Story of Grief, Groceries, Showing Up--and What We Make When We Make Dinner

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What Happened to Paula: On the Death of an American Girl

What Happened to Paula: On the Death of an American Girl

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Swimming to the Top of the Tide: Finding Life Where Land and Water Meet

Swimming to the Top of the Tide: Finding Life Where Land and Water Meet

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Bloomberg by Bloomberg

Bloomberg by Bloomberg

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Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday

Zero Regrets: Be Greater Than Yesterday

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The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir

The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir

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Something to Declare

Something to Declare

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On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm

On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm

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Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir

Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir

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Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood

Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood

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How I Saved the World

How I Saved the World

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I Have Always Been Me: A Memoir

I Have Always Been Me: A Memoir

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Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light: Essays

Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light: Essays

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Dirty Chick: Adventures of an Unlikely Farmer

Dirty Chick: Adventures of an Unlikely Farmer

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Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile

Feeding on Dreams: Confessions of an Unrepentant Exile

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Raising Lazarus

Raising Lazarus

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Amore: An American Father's Roman Holiday

Amore: An American Father's Roman Holiday

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Cheney One on One: A Candid Conversation with America's Most Controversial Statesman

Cheney One on One: A Candid Conversation with America's Most Controversial Statesman

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The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future

The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland's Buried Past and Our Perilous Future

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Winged Words: American Indian Writers Speak (American Indian Lives)

Winged Words: American Indian Writers Speak (American Indian Lives)

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Ann the Word: The Story of Ann Lee, Female Messiah, Mother of the Shakers, The Woman Clothed with the Sun

Ann the Word: The Story of Ann Lee, Female Messiah, Mother of the Shakers, The Woman Clothed with the Sun

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Letter to the World: Seven Women Who Shaped the American Century

Letter to the World: Seven Women Who Shaped the American Century

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Letter to the World: Seven Women Who Shaped the American Century

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Almost A Woman

Almost A Woman

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Shackleton

Shackleton

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All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families

All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families

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A Joyful Noise (Countryman Classics)

A Joyful Noise (Countryman Classics)

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